Cooking Pot
MOA: University of British Columbia
3643/10
Circular, round-bottomed cooking pot made of off-white clay. Pot has large opening with a slightly flared lip. Body is wide at the shoulder, coming to a sharp ridge. Large semi-circular outlines extend from ridge, towards opening; done with orange-red pigment. Lip also coloured orange-red. Rest of pot is undecorated. Base and sides have burn marks.
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Narrative
Acquired by the donor when they lived in Tanzania and Uganda in the 1960s.
- Type of Item pot
- Culture Nyamwezi
- Material clay, pigment
- Measurements height 12.5 cm, diameter 29.9 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Connie Gainer
- Received from Connie Gainer
- Made in Tanzania
- Creation Date between 1950 and 1970
- Ownership Date before September 12, 2023
- Acquisition Date on September 12, 2023
- Item Classes ceramics
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3643/0010